SOM-AD3EBA: Post medieval token: farting issued by the borough of Newbury

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Unique ID: SOM-AD3EBA

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post Medieval copper alloy trade token farthing issued by the town of Newbury in Berkshire dated 1657 on the token. Williamson (1889: 28) Berkshire 52.

Class: Williamson Berkshire 52

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1657
Date to: Exactly AD 1657

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.31 g
Diameter: 14.19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 4th July 2018 - Thursday 4th October 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC receipt 017767

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Denomination: Token farthing
Obverse description: A castle, the battlements having 4 raised portions.
Obverse inscription: BOROVGH.OF.NEW[BRY]
Reverse description: [1657] [B.] N (Borough of Newbury)
Reverse inscription: [IN.CVNTY.OF.BERKS]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Buttermere

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Williamson, G.C.	1967	Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century	London	Seaby Ltd	28	52

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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